"Thomas J. Hamman" wrote:
> I've been using my IDE/ATAPI CDR drive under Mandrake 6 and did not have to
> recompile the kernel for it.
>
> Using 'append="hdX=ide-scsi"' in lilo and then typing 'modprobe ide-scsi' at
> the command line next time you boot, as I suggested to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> should work with the generic M6 kernel with no recompiling.
Cheers. When I first tried to do this I read the stuff in /usr/doc, which
states that for kernel 2.2.x the ide-scsi *had* to be in the kernel; I did
play with the modules, but got frustrated because I couldn't work out what
line to put in my conf.modules file -- didn't think of just inserting the
module by hand (modprobe). It seemed easier to recompile.
Even with the ide and scsi drivers in the kernel, it's still smaller than
the one supplied in the kernel RPM, not that makes any difference ... :)
I think there's enough information in this thread for a section in the
Mandrake installation guide ;) Or maybe this could be handled during
intallation ...
So much to do, so little time.
Steven
